Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disobedience means a refusal , run-out or circling immediately in front of the obstacle . |
| 2 | ‘ Does anyone really believe that Israel will sit down with someone who was convicted or involved directly in violence against Jews ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | We are so sure of this that we go out confidently into the hills , or sail away in boats armed only with a magnetic compass , certain that it will always point in the same north-south direction , so we can judge our own direction of travel from it . |
| 4 | If this happens , a pilot may mistake pitching or sinking rapidly in turbulence as an indication that the aircraft has stalled . |
| 5 | Consequently herbs were simply not part of the garden scene , being tucked away in an odd corner of the vegetable garden , or grown half-heartedly in pots or window-boxes , where they became aphid-ridden and dusty . |
| 6 | It is quite hardy and must be sown under cover , with warmth , in March in Britain and North America or sown outdoors in May with protection . |
| 7 | According to the statement of claim , the two former directors either committed misconduct or acted fraudulently in relation to two transactions — one in December 1988 for $100m and one in March 1989 for $220m . |
| 8 | All claims by creditors are provable as debts against the bankrupt whether they are present or future , certain or contingent , ascertained or sounding only in damages ( r 12.3 ) . |
| 9 | Angie Bowie : ‘ With the Arts Lab in full swing , Ken Pitt was ironing out the finer points of a new record deal with Mercury Records and in his own way was very lucid about David because he never actually saw him rooted in England or rooted only in rock and roll . |
| 10 | Windows opened ; grocers ran to the doors of their shops ; customers stopped discussing bacon and turned ; our teachers wobbled on their bicycles as the noise buffeted them like a violent squall ; and boys sprinted to the school gates as they came out of the building , though many others , cool boys , shrugged or turned away in disgust , gobbing , cursing and scuffling their feet . |
| 11 | More importantly , there is always a withdrawal backwards or turn aside in moments of fear . |
| 12 | The cause may be stable or unstable , internal or external , global or specific ( that is , extended to all areas of life or felt only in relation to a particular problem ) . |
| 13 | Men totter on high heels , girls struggle with wigs and crinolines or move easily in grass skirts , teams of ‘ doctors ’ and ‘ nurses ’ push ‘ patients ’ in wheelchairs or on stretchers — the variety is endless . |
| 14 | Some teachers and writers , perhaps carried away by behaviourist doctrine in the narrower sense , or thinking only in terms of sequential and very logically organized subject-matter , have over-emphasized what is involved and over-simplified the usefulness and effectiveness of " specifying objectives " . |
| 15 | too as you know ‘ full-circled ’ with her marriage to divorce ! & & had little in Sept. who is a delightful baby . |
| 16 | Although light is made up of waves , Planck 's quantum hypothesis tells us that in some ways it behaves as if it were composed of particles : it can be emitted or absorbed only in packets , or quanta . |
| 17 | Academics in English are loners reluctant to engage in team projects or pull together in research centres . |
| 18 | A sheltered sunny position suits it best , and it can be down or planted outdoors in spring , and spaced 15–23cm ( 6–9in ) apart . |
| 19 | Almost half a million visitors a year come to wander round the grounds or float past in punts on the River Cherwell . |
| 20 | Bleeding from peptic ulcer persists or recurs early in 25% of cases , which carries a high death rate related to the severity of bleeding or the need for surgical treatment . |
| 21 | Fur and cashmere clad women stride past their street vending fellows hurrying to the seductive warmth of the elegant Estee Lauder store , or to browse perhaps in Galerie Lafayette and Benetton . |
| 22 | Frost-hardening — the process that enables plants to withstand freezing conditions without damage — is a property of cells that develops seasonally in response to climatic factors . |
| 23 | Although the strong anti-war movement that rallied together in Minnesota , for example , during the Gulf War , received scant attention overseas , absolutely no-one will forget the division that was caused by the dreadful Vietnam War . |
| 24 | The claims that appear endlessly in newspaper columns are about whether the government has taken proper account of the expected increase in demand and costs . |
| 25 | Pick a target that lies directly in front of the cannon and which you can see . |
| 26 | Rather than invest hugely in technology , the Halifax used cheap and cheerful computer systems to centralise information-gathering and to design easy-to-administer products . |
| 27 | Some mosaics from each of the two main sequences have to be considered as approximately contemporary : these sequences , although developing partly in parallel , do seem to overlap , stylistically , at Chedworth . |
| 28 | The language that occurs spontaneously in classrooms . |
| 29 | It is concerned with English as both a subject and a means of instruction , with the ideas about language , teaching , and learning , which inform different methodologies , and with the verbal interaction that occurs spontaneously in classroom settings . |
| 30 | Well let , let , let , let me tell you , I do n't want to put you on the spot , the , the , the analogy is of er the typical pattern of development of a neurosis , which Freud says is a trauma that happens often in infancy . |